What's your favorite bakery or pastry shop in the South Bay?

[MIss G]

Title has it....which places do you absolutely love?

[bong]

Bijan Bakery (havent been to them in a few years though)

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Bijan Bakery & Cafe
441 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA 95129

[batchoy]

Draeger's in Menlo Park (They have really good carrot cake, but most everything I have tried is good).

Whatever you do, DO NOT go to Whole Foods (at least, not the one in Redwood City). I've tried at least 10 different "gluten-free" bakery items, all awful. The latest was a pineapple upside down cake that was decorated with sliced kiwi fruit (talk about schizophrenic cake design) and raspberries and looked so appetizing, but it was hard and dry. I could have tossed it across the room like a football, except I couldn't detach it from my fork.

[myst]

Hmmm. Not sure about Gluten-Free (sounds awful) but my friend had a delicious Fruit Tiramisu cake from whole foods. Very good!

[misspiggy]

To add to the list Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos is also very good. I love Fleur de Coca and La Patisserie too.

[K K]

Satura Cakes, Japanese style Euro fusion pastries and cakes. Locations in Los Altos, Palo Alto, and Campbell.

[ssfire]

Speaking of Satura Cakes: I noticed that they have significantly shrunk the size of their cream puffs. They are about 60% of the size that they used to be, but still cost $3/each.

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Satura Cakes
200 Main St, Los Altos, CA

[sairuh]

For less expensive, but still very tasty cream puffs, check out Paris Baguette and Green Bakery. Both of these are Korean bakeries on El Camino in Santa Clara.

[sairuh]

Correction on one of the Korean bakeries: I meant Baker's Village (on Halford, near El Camino), not Green Bakery (which I actually haven't been to). I just remembered by location, not by the correct name. ;)

[sairuh]

La Patisserie in Cupertino; they made our wedding cake, too. They make a wide variety of cute single-serving pastries.

Also, Fleur de Cocoa in Los Gatos, although I haven't been there for a few years.

[Vocalista]

Pamplemousse in Redwood City! Delightful light macarons!

[majordanby]

I like Ester's German Bakery. They have a shop in the San Antonio Shopping Center in Mt View. They also go to a number of Farmer's Market, including Mt View and Sunnyvale.